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No. 10,273. V PATENTED Nov. 29, 1853'.

' F MILLER. IRON FENCE.

BENJ. F. MILLER, OF NEW YORK, N. Y.

IRON FENCE.

Specification of Letters Patent No. 10,273, dated November 29, 1853.

, the accompanying drawings and to the letters of reference marked thereon.

Flgure 1 represents a section or panel of my improved lI'OIl fence or railing.

A, A, represent one half of the top rail and B B one half of the bottom rail as seen in front.

A, and 13 represent their respective ends as seen in profile.

E E E the pickets or filling bars with their counter sinks or perforations D D at either of their extremities.

F F F F are centers or bosses cast on and with the rails, these bosses or centers fit in the countersinks or perforations of each filling bar, and when the two halves of the top and bottom rail are riveted or screwed together by rivets or screws G G are held firmly in their places and yet allowed a certain degree of motion if required, in the lineal direction of the fence, as shown in Fig. 2, by which means the fence is readily adapted to side-hill fencing or where the ground is inclined.

readily perceived.

The ends of the upper and lower rails are attached or secured to the posts in any of the ordinary modes now in use.

The advantages of my improvement in the construction of iron fences will be 1st. When the railing is made with straight filling bars the fence. can be racked as shown in Fig. 2 to fit any inclinationv or grade of ground after having been put together. 2nd. Nearly the whole strength of the filling bars where they join the top and bottom rails isretained, whereas in the old mode a small iron pin is used. 3d. My mode of joining the filling bars to the top and bottom rail prevents the former from turning as frequently occurs when secured by a wire pin. What I claim in the foregoing specification, is i Constructing the top and bottom rails in lateral halves and holding said halves together by screws, rivets, or bolts, in combination with bosses or pivots cast on the inside of the respective halves of the rail, with corresponding countersinks or perforations near the ends of the filling bars as shown in Figs. 1 and 2. BENJAMIN F. MILLER.

lVitnesses:

\VAsHN Q. MORTON, H. MORTON. 

